Penns Grove police nab two after break-in at local business

PENNS GROVE — Two people were arrested here last week when officers discovered them trying to break into a local business with a pry bar, Penns Grove police said.

Leonard Stephens, 18, of Madole Place, and an unnamed 14-year-old juvenile were arrested on Dec. 4 when officers responded to a report of suspicious activity on South Broad Street in the area of the Pienda Ramirez store at 1:30 a.m., according to police.

Police arrested two people following a break-in in Penns Grove.

Stephens and the juvenile were found while allegedly trying to break in through the store’s front door with a pry bar, and both were arrested without incident, police said.

Both were charged with attempted burglary, criminal mischief, and conspiracy to commit burglary, according to police.

Stephens was held on $25,000 cash bail and lodged in the Salem County Correctional Facility in Mannington Township, police said.

The juvenile was detained and then turned over to a juvenile detention center, according to police.